Historical Birthday
18 Dec 1418
Albert VI Archduke of Austria born in Vienna Austria (d. 1463)
18 Dec 1507
uchi Yoshitaka Japanese warlord (d. 1551)
18 Dec 1569
Jakob Hassler German composer born in Nuremberg (d. 1622)
18 Dec 1602
Simonds dEwes English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)
18 Dec 1610
Charles Du Fresne Du Cange French scholarphilologist
18 Dec 1620
Heinrich Roth German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)
18 Dec 1633
Willem van de Velde the Young Dutch seascape painter baptised
18 Dec 1661
Christopher Polhem Swedish scientist and inventor (d. 1751)
18 Dec 1662
James Douglas 2nd Duke of Queensberry Scottish politician (d. 1711)
18 Dec 1707
Charles Wesley co-founder (Methodist movement)
18 Dec 1725
Johann Salomo Semler German historian and Bible commentator (d. 1791)
18 Dec 1760
Knud L Rahbek Danish literary (Om sku skuespillerkunsten)
18 Dec 1788
Camille Pleyel Austrian piano buildercomposer
18 Dec 1811
Alexander Sandor Asboth Hungarian-American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Keszthely Hungary (d. 1868)
18 Dec 1816
Alfred Elzey Jones Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1871)
18 Dec 1819
Yakov Petrovich Polonsky Russian poet (Stichotvorenija)
18 Dec 1825
Charles Griffin American Major General (Union Army) born in Granville Ohio (d. 1867)
18 Dec 1826
Charles-A Chatrian [Erckmann-C] French writer (Lami Fritz)
18 Dec 1826
Mercer Brooke John (Confederate Navy) (d. 1906)
18 Dec 1835
George Dashiell Bayard American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Seneca Falls New York (d. 1862)
18 Dec 1837
A Adolf Daens Belgian priestDutch party founder (CVP)
18 Dec 1844
Lujo [Ludwig J von] Brentano German economist
18 Dec 1851
Graciano Lopez Jaena Filipino hero orator and satirist (d. 1896)
18 Dec 1860
Edward Alexander MacDowell American composer (Indian Suite)
18 Dec 1861
Lionel Monckton British composer (Edwardian musical comedy) born in London England (d. 1924)
18 Dec 1870
Andres Randolf Danish-American actor (The Kiss) born in Viborg Denmark (d. 1930)
18 Dec 1870
Saki [Hector Hugo Munro] Burma author (Reginald When William Came)
18 Dec 1873
Adolf Vogl German composer born in Munich (d. 1961)
18 Dec 1873
Francis Burton Harrison American political figure (d. 1957)
18 Dec 1877
Max Pallenberg Austrian extempore farce actor (Morn to Midnight) husband of Operetta star Fritzi Massary born in Vienna Austria (d. 1934)
18 Dec 1879
Paul Klee Mnchenbuchsee Switzerland SwissGerman abstract painter (Twittering Machine)
18 Dec 1888
Gladys Cooper British actress (My Fair Lady) born in Lewisham England (d. 1971)
18 Dec 1888
Robert Moses power broker (built Long Island & NYC parks & roads)
18 Dec 1890
Edwin Howard Armstrong American radio pioneer inventor (FM) born in NYC New York
18 Dec 1897
Fletcher Henderson American arranger and composer (d. 1952)
18 Dec 1904
George Stevens US director (Alice Adams Penny Serenade)
18 Dec 1904
Wilf Carter Canadian country and western singer born in Port Hilford Nova Scotia (d. 1996)
18 Dec 1906
Kam Tong Chinese American actor (Have Gun Will Travel Across the Pacific Flower Drum Song) born in San Francisco (d. 1969)
18 Dec 1907
Christopher Fry playwright (Ring Around the Moon) born in Bristol England
18 Dec 1908
Celia Johnson English actress (Happy Breed Brief Encounter) born in Richmond Surrey (d. 1982)
18 Dec 1909
Mona Barrie [Smith] British-American actress (Dawn on Great Divide) born in London England (d. 1964)
18 Dec 1910
Abe Burrows American Broadway composer (Guys & Dolls 1951 TONY) born in Brooklyn New York
18 Dec 1910
Eric Tindill New Zealand rugby and cricket player (international cricket umpire rugby referee) born in Nelson New Zealand (d.2010)
18 Dec 1911
Jules Dassin Middletown CT director (Circle of Two Never on Sunday)
18 Dec 1912
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. American General (d. 2002)
18 Dec 1913
Alfred Bester American sci-fi author (Decievers Starlight)
18 Dec 1913
Lynn Bari [Margaret Schuyler Fisher] American actress (Shock Nocturne 6 Gun Law) born in Roanoke Virginia (d. 1989)
18 Dec 1913
Ray Meyer American basketball coach (d. 2006)
18 Dec 1915
Dario Mangiarotti Italian fencing gold 2 silver (Olympic-1948 52)
18 Dec 1916
Elizabeth Betty Grable American singer dancer pin-up girl and actress (I Wake Up Screaming How to Marry a Millionaire Gay Divorcee) born in St. Louis Missouri (d. 1973)
18 Dec 1917
Raiford Ossie Davis American actor director author and civil rights activist (Purlie Victorious Do the Right Thing Hot Stuff Man Called Adam) born in Cogdell Clinch County Georgia (d. 2005)
18 Dec 1920
Willis Conover American broadcaster (Voice of America) born in Buffalo New York (d. 1996)
18 Dec 1922
Larry D Mann Canadian actor and broadcaster (Accidental Family Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) born in Toronto Ontario (d. 2014)
18 Dec 1923
Lotti [Charlotte] van der Gaag Dutch sculptorpainter
18 Dec 1925
Peggy Cummins [Augusta Fuller] Welsh-born Irish actress (Gun Crazy Curse of the Demon) born in Prestatyn Denbighshire Wales (d. 2017)
18 Dec 1927
Sterling Lanier American writer (Hieros Journey)
18 Dec 1927
Romo LeBlanc 25th Governor General of Canada
18 Dec 1930
Bill Skowron [Moose] MLB First baseman (NY Yankees) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2012)
18 Dec 1931
Gunnel Lindblom Swedish actress (Hunger Virgin Spring) born in Gothenburg Sweden
18 Dec 1931
Noel McGregor cricketer (batted in 25 Tests for NZ 1955-65)
18 Dec 1931
Allen Klein American rock and roll business manager
18 Dec 1931
Andr S. Labarthe French actor film producer and director (Vivre sa vie Cinastes de notre temps) born in Oloron-Sainte-Marie France (d. 2018)
18 Dec 1932
Roger Smith American actor (77 Sunset Strip) born in South Gate California (d. 2017)
18 Dec 1933
Arthur Leigh Allen Suspected Zodiac serial killer (d. 1992)
18 Dec 1934
John Bingham Lord Lucan British peer suspected of murdering his nanny who disappeared born in London (presumed dead)
18 Dec 1934
Boris Valentinovich Volynov USSR cosmonaut (Soyuz 5 21)
18 Dec 1935
Bonno Spieker Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA) born in Delfzijl Netherlands (d. 2017)
18 Dec 1936
Malcolm Kirk English professional wrestler (d. 1987)
18 Dec 1938
[Bryan] Chas Chandler English rock bassist (The Animals-House of the Rising Sun) and manager of Jimi Hendrix born in Newcastle upon Tyne
18 Dec 1939
Christoffel Stoffel van de Merwe South African minister of Education
18 Dec 1939
Henrica M L Wiesje Backer Dutch danceractressplaywright
18 Dec 1939
Michael J Moorcock England sci-fi author (Alien Heat Bull & Spear)
18 Dec 1939
Sandro Lopopolia Italian lightweight boxer (Olympic-Silver-1960)
18 Dec 1939
Harold E. Varmus American scientist Nobel laureate
18 Dec 1940
Arnold Long cricketer (prolific wicketkeeper for Surrey & Sussex)
18 Dec 1940
Bramwell Morrison member of Sharon Lois & Bram
18 Dec 1941
Sam Andrew rocker (Big Brother & Holding Company-Cheap Thrills)
18 Dec 1941
Wadada Leo Smith American trumpeter and composer
18 Dec 1942
William HAF English princegrandson of George V
18 Dec 1943
Alan Rudolph actor (Endangers Species Love at Large Made in Heaven)
18 Dec 1943
Bobby Keys American saxophonist born in Slaton Texas (d. 2014)
18 Dec 1944
Deke [Roger] Leonard Welsh rock musician (Man) born in Llanelli (d. 2017)
18 Dec 1945
Carolyn Wood American 4 X 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic gold 1960)
18 Dec 1946
Hubie Green PGA golfer (US Open 1977) born in Birmingham Alabama
18 Dec 1946
Stephen (Steve) Biko South African anti-apartheid activist born in Ginsberg Township (d. 1977)
18 Dec 1947
Eddie Antar founder and CEO (Crazy Eddie Electronics Store) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2016)
18 Dec 1948
Edmund Ed Kemper American serial killer born in Burbank California
18 Dec 1949
Joni Flynn Indian actress (Octopussy Monty Python and the Holy Grail) born in Assam India
18 Dec 1950
Gillian Armstrong Australian director (High Tide Mrs Soffel) born in Melbourne Victoria
18 Dec 1950
Leonard Maltin American movie critic (Entertainment Tonight) born in NYC New York
18 Dec 1950
Martha Johnson rocker (MM) born in Toronto Ontario
18 Dec 1950
Randy Castillo American drummer (Ozzy Osbourne) (d. 2002)
18 Dec 1951
Andrew S Thomas Adelaide Australia PhDastronaut (STS 77 STS 8991)
18 Dec 1951
Candice Rialson actress (Chatterbox) born in Santa Monica California
18 Dec 1953
Elliot Easton [Elliot Shapiro] rock guitarist (Cars) born in Brooklyn New York
18 Dec 1954
Ray Liotta actor (Goodfellas) born in Newark New Jersey
18 Dec 1956
T. K. Carter US actor (Mike-Punky Brewster Just our Luck) born in Los Angeles California
18 Dec 1956
Reinhold Ewald German cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-25)
18 Dec 1961
Brian Orser Canadian figure skater (Olympic silver 1988)
18 Dec 1961
Ken Foreman rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobates Hymm)
18 Dec 1961
Lalchand Rajput cricketer (Indian Test opening batsman 1985-86)
18 Dec 1963
Lori McNeil tennis star (1995 Oakland doubles) born in San Diego California
18 Dec 1964
Don Beebe NFL wide receiver (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
18 Dec 1965
Brian Walton points race cyclist (Olympic silver 1996) born in Ottawa Ontario
18 Dec 1965
Fawna Maclaren playmate (Jan 1989) born in Santa Monica California
18 Dec 1965
Willie Blair Paintsville KY pitcher (San Diego Padres)
18 Dec 1965
Mick Collins American musician (The Gories The Dirtbombs)
18 Dec 1966
Gianluca Pagliuca Italian actress (Ugly Dirty & Bad)
18 Dec 1966
Patricia Neder American team handball right wing (Olympics 1992 & 1996) born in Waukesha Wisconsin
18 Dec 1966
Steve Dullaghan rocker (Primitives-Lovely Lump of Coal)
18 Dec 1966
Terry Phelps American tennis player born in Larchmont New York
18 Dec 1967
Bob Corkum Salisbury NHL center (Philadelphia Flyers)
18 Dec 1967
Charles Christopher Rymer Cleveland TN PGA golfer (1995 Shell-3rd)
18 Dec 1967
Tracy Hayworth NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions Atlanta Falcons)
18 Dec 1967
Toine van Peperstraten Dutch sports journalist
18 Dec 1968
Aaron Craver NFL running back (Denver Broncos San Diego Chargers)
18 Dec 1969
Andrew Murphy Australian long jumpertriple jumper (Olympics 1996)
18 Dec 1969
Chris Dausin WLAF cornerguard (Scottish Claymores)
18 Dec 1969
Joanne Mills Australian golfer (T25 Holden 1994 Womens Aust Open) born in Sydney New South Wales
18 Dec 1969
Joe Randa infielder (KC Royals) born in Milwaukee Wisconsin
18 Dec 1969
Keith Piper cricketer (Warwickshire & England A wicketkeeper)
18 Dec 1969
Marco Coleman NFL defensive end (Miami Dolphins San Diego Chargers)
18 Dec 1969
T C Wright WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals)
18 Dec 1970
Lucious Harris NBA guard (NJ Nets Dallas Mavericks)
18 Dec 1970
Cowboy Troy [Troy Lee Coleman III] American country rapper (MuzikMafia Big & Rich) born in Victoria Texas
18 Dec 1970
DMX [Earl Simmons] American rapper and actor [..And Then There Was X] born in Mount Vernon New York
18 Dec 1971
Arantxa Snchez Vicario Spanish tennis player (US Open 1994 French Open 1989 94 98) born in Barcelona Spain
18 Dec 1971
Joe Dziedzic NHL left wing (Pitts Penguins) born in Minneapolis Minnesota
18 Dec 1971
Neil Little Medicine Hat NHL goalie (Philadelphia Flyers)
18 Dec 1860
Edward Alexander MacDowell American composer (Indian Suite) born in New York (d. 1908)
18 Dec 1890
Edwin Howard Armstrong American radio pioneer inventor (FM) born in NYC New York (d. 1954)
18 Dec 1897
Fletcher Henderson American pianist arranger and composer (Benny Goodman Orchestra) born in Cuthbert Georgia (d. 1952)
18 Dec 1904
George Stevens American director (Alice Adams Penny Serenade)
18 Dec 1913
Donald Phillips British pianist and composer (Spanish Fiesta Concerto In Jazz) born in Dalston London (d. 1994)
18 Dec 1913
Saburo Takata Japanese composer born in Nagoya (d. 2000)
18 Dec 1931
Allen Klein American rock and roll business manager - ABKCO (Sam Cooke RollingStones Beatles) born in Newark New Jersey (d. 2009)
18 Dec 1946
Hubert Green American golfer (US Open 1977 PGA Cship 1985) born in Birmingham Alabama (d. 2018)
18 Dec 1950
Gillian Armstrong Australian director (My brilliant Career Little Women) born in Melbourne Victoria
18 Dec 1956
T. K. Carter American actor (Mike-Punky Brewster Just our Luck) born in Los Angeles California
18 Dec 1972
Jeff Nelson Prince Albert NHL center (Washington Capitals)
18 Dec 1972
DJ Lethal Latvian-born American DJ (House of Pain Limp Bizkit)
18 Dec 1972
Raymond Herrera American drummer (Fear Factory) and businessman
18 Dec 1973
Jason Williams Gonzales LA baseball infielder (Olympic bronze 1996)
18 Dec 1826
Charles-A Chatrian [Erckmann-C] French writer (Lami Fritz)
18 Dec 1870
Saki [Hector Hugo Munro] Burma author (Reginald When William Came)
18 Dec 1941
Wadada Leo Smith American trumpeter and composer (Divine Love) born in Leland Mississippi
18 Dec 1941
Jan Kowalczyk Polish equestrian rider (Olympics gold show jumping individual silver team 1980) born in Drogomyl Poland (d. 2020)
18 Dec 1948
Adam Musia Polish soccer defender (34 caps Wisa Krakw) and manager (Wisa Krakw Lechia Gdask Stal Stalowa Wola) born in Wieliczka Poland (d. 2020)
18 Dec 1951
Pape Diouf Senegalese journalist and football agent (president Olympique de Marseille 2005-09 first black president in Europes top 6 leagues) born in Abch Chad (d. 2020)
18 Dec 1953
Elliot Easton [Elliot Shapiro] rock guitarist (Cars) born in Brooklyn New York
18 Dec 1958
Nadhim Shaker Iraqi soccer defender (57 caps Al-Tayaran) and coach (Iraq) born in Baghdad Iraq (d. 2020)
18 Dec 1961
Ken Foreman rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobates Hymn)
18 Dec 1964
Pierre Nkurunziza President of Burundi (2005-20) born in Ngozi Burundi (d. 2020)
18 Dec 1968
Casper Van Dien American actor (Starship Troopers) born in Milton Florida
18 Dec 1968
Alejandro Sanz Spanish singer (Ms) born in Madrid Spain
18 Dec 1562
Philipp Dulichius German composer born in Chemnitz (d. 1631)
18 Dec 1610
Charles Du Fresne Du Cange French scholar and philologist
18 Dec 1635
Antonius Matthaeus Dutch lawyer and historian
18 Dec 1667
Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt Austrian composer and lutenist born in Vienna (d. 1716)
18 Dec 1707
Charles Wesley English Methodist leader (brother of John Wesley) and hymn writer (Hark The Herald Angels Sing) born in Epworth England (d. 1788)
18 Dec 1734
Jean-Baptiste Rey French conductor (Paris Opera) and composer born in Lauzerte France (d. 1810)
18 Dec 1760
Knud Lyne Rahbek Danish literary figure (Om sku skuespillerkunsten) (d. 1830)
18 Dec 1788
Camille Pleyel Austrian piano builder and composer
18 Dec 1803
William Allen American politician (Rep Governor of Ohio 1874-76) born in Edenton North Carolina (d. 1879)
18 Dec 1812
Wiktor Kazynski Polish composer born in Vilnius (d. 1867)
18 Dec 1819
Yakov Petrovich Polonsky Russian Romantic poet (Stichotvorenija) born in Ryazan Russia (d. 1898)
18 Dec 1826
Alexandre Chatrian [wrote as Erckmann-Chatrian jointly with mile Erckmann ] French writer (Lami Fritz) born in Abreschviller France (d. 1890)
18 Dec 1835
Lyman Abbott American theologian and author born in Roxbury Massachusetts (d. 1922)
18 Dec 1837
Adolf Daens Flemish priest politician and founder of the Daensist movement born in Aalst Belgium (d. 1907)
18 Dec 1848
Karl Schrder II German composer born in Quedlinburg (d. 1935)
18 Dec 1852
Gaetano Coronaro Italian conductor pedagogue and composer (La Creola) born in Vicenza Austrian Empire (now Italy) (d. 1908)
18 Dec 1867
Antoon van Welie Dutch painter born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1956)
18 Dec 1870
Saki [Hector Hugo Munro] British writer (Reginald When William Came) born in Akyab British Burma (d. 1916)
18 Dec 1879
Paul Klee Mnchenbuchsee Switzerland Swiss-German abstract painter (Twittering Machine)
18 Dec 1888
Robert Moses American Parks official (oversaw rebuilding of Long Island & NYC parks & roads) born in New Haven Connecticut (d. 1981)
18 Dec 1897
Fernand J. Collin Belgian economist and banker
18 Dec 1904
George Stevens American film director (Alice Adams A Place in the Sun Penny Serenade) born in Oakland California (d. 1975)
18 Dec 1905
Richard Sturzenegger Swiss composer and cello player born in Zurich Switzerland (d. 1976)
18 Dec 1906
Edwin H. Buddy Morris American music publisher (Edwin H. Morris & Company) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
18 Dec 1907
Christopher Fry English playwright (Ring Around the Moon) born in Bristol England (d. 2005)
18 Dec 1911
Helen Vlachos Greek newspaper publisher (closed her newspapers in protest at military junta) born in Athens Greece (d. 1995)
18 Dec 1911
Jules Dassin American film director (The Naked City Night And The City Rififi) blacklisted during McCarthy era born in Middletown Connecticut (d. 2008)
18 Dec 1911
Peg Leg Sam [Arthur Jackson] American country blues harmonica player singer and comedian born in Jonesville South Carolina (d. 1977)
18 Dec 1912
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. American Air Force General during WWII born in Washington D.C. (d. 2002)
18 Dec 1913
Alfred Bester American sci-fi author (Deceivers Starlight) born in New York City (d. 1987)
18 Dec 1914
Jerry Zipkin American socialite (friend of Nancy Reagan) born in New York City (d. 1995)
18 Dec 1914
Connie Pee Wee Crayton American R&B and blues guitarist and singer (Do Unto Others) born in Rockdale Texas (d. 1985)
18 Dec 1915
Dario Mangiarotti Italian fencer (1 Olympic gold 2 silver 1948 52) born in Milan Italy (d. 2010)
18 Dec 1917
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson American blues jazz and R&B alto saxophonist born in Houston Texas (d. 1988)
18 Dec 1920
Rita Streich Russian-German soprano born in Barnaul southern Siberia (d. 1987)
18 Dec 1921
Jaime Len Colombian pianist composer and conductor Filarmnica de Bogota 1971-78) born in Cartagena de Indias Columbia (d. 2015)
18 Dec 1923
Lotti van der Gaag Dutch sculptor and painter born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1999)
18 Dec 1926
Jock Aird Scottish soccer defender (4 caps Scotland 2 New Zealand Burnley) born in Glencraig Scotland (d. 2021)
18 Dec 1927
Ramsey Clark American lawyer US Attorney General (1967-69) and activist born in Dallas Texas (d. 2021)
18 Dec 1927
Sterling Lanier American writer (Hieros Journey) born in New York City (d. 2007)
18 Dec 1927
Romo LeBlanc Canadian politician 25th Governor General of Canada (1995-99) born in Memramcook New Brunswick (d. 2009)
18 Dec 1928
Jzef Glemp Polish cardinal born in Inowrocaw Poland (d. 2013)
18 Dec 1929
Gino Cimoli American baseball player born in San Francisco California (d. 2011)
18 Dec 1931
Gunnel Lindblom Swedish actress (Hunger Virgin Spring) born in Gothenburg Sweden (d. 2021)
18 Dec 1931
Noel McGregor New Zealand cricket batsman (25 Tests 1 x 100 Otago CA) born in Dunedin New Zealand (d. 2007)
18 Dec 1931
Norm Provan Australian rugby league second rower (14 Tests St. George RLFC NSWRL Premiers 1956-66 13th Immortal) and coach (St. George Parramatta Cronulla) born in Urana Australia (d. 2021)
18 Dec 1933
Arthur Leigh Allen American suspected Zodiac serial killer (d. 1992)
18 Dec 1934
Boris Volynov Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 5 21) born in Irkutsk Siberia
18 Dec 1934
Colin Baker Welsh soccer wing half (7 caps Cardiff City 298 games) born in Cardiff Wales (d. 2021)
18 Dec 1935
Jacques Ppin French chef writer and TV personality (Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home) born in Bourg-en-Bresse France
18 Dec 1938
Roger E. Mosley American actor (Magnum P.I.) born in Los Angeles California
18 Dec 1939
Henrica M. L. Wiesje Backer Dutch dancer actress and playwright
18 Dec 1939
Michael J. Moorcock English sci-fi author (Alien Heat Bull & Spear) born in London England
18 Dec 1939
Sandro Lopopolo Italian lightweight boxer (Olympic-Silver-1960) born in Milan Italy (d. 2014)
18 Dec 1939
Harold E. Varmus American scientist (1989 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology for cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.) born in Oceanside New York
18 Dec 1940
Bramwell Morrison Canadian member of childrens music group Sharon Lois & Bram born in Toronto Ontario
18 Dec 1941
Sam Andrew American musician (Big Brother and the Holding Company) born in Okinawa Japan (d. 2015)
18 Dec 1941
William English Prince of Gloucester and grandson of George V born in Hadley Common England (d. 1972)
18 Dec 1942
Harvey Atkin Canadian actor (Meatballs) born in Toronto Canada (d. 2017)
18 Dec 1943
Alan Rudolph American actor and director (Endangers Species Love at Large Made in Heaven) born in Los Angeles California
18 Dec 1944
Deke [Roger] Leonard Welsh rock musician (Man) born in Llanelli Wales (d. 2017)
18 Dec 1945
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev King of Nepal (1972-2001) born in Kathmandu Nepal (d. 2001)
18 Dec 1947
Judy Heumann American disability rights activist and author born in Brooklyn New York
18 Dec 1947
Eddie Antar American businessman (Crazy Eddie Electronics Store) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2016)
18 Dec 1948
Bill Nelson British progressive rock guitarist singer and songwriter (Be-Bop Deluxe) born in Wakefield West Riding of Yorkshire England
18 Dec 1948
Laurent Voulzy French singer and composer born in Paris France
18 Dec 1950
Martha Johnson Canadian rocker (MM) born in Toronto Ontario
18 Dec 1950
(Randolpho) Randy Castillo American rock and mariachi drummer (Ozzy Osbourne Mtley Cre Azul) born in Albuquerque New Mexico (d. 2002)
18 Dec 1951
Andy Thomas Australian American astronaut (STS 77 STS 8991) born in Adelaide Australia
18 Dec 1951
Candice Rialson American actress (Chatterbox) born in Santa Monica California
18 Dec 1952
David Hentschel British recording engineer producer and film score composer born in Sussex England
18 Dec 1953
Elliot Easton [Steinberg] American rock lead guitarist (The Cars - My Best Friends Girl) born in Brooklyn New York
18 Dec 1953
Jim Kimo West Canadian guitarist (More Guitar Stories) born in Toronto Ontario
18 Dec 1954
Ray Liotta American actor (Goodfellas) born in Newark New Jersey
18 Dec 1956
Reinhold Ewald German physicist and cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-25) born in Mnchengladbach West Germany
18 Dec 1956
Ron White American comedian born in Fritch Texas
18 Dec 1960
Kazuhide Uekusa Japanese economist born in Edogawa Tokyo
18 Dec 1961
Ken Foreman British musician (Thrashing Doves-Reprobates Hymn)
18 Dec 1961
Lalchand Rajput Indian cricketer and coach (Indian Test opening batsman 1985-86) born in Bombay India
18 Dec 1962
Renaldo Lapuz Filipino-American singer born in Manila Philippines
18 Dec 1963
Charles Oakley American NBA forward (NY Knicks) and coach born in Cleveland Ohio
18 Dec 1963
Lori McNeil American tennis player (1995 Oakland doubles) born in San Diego California
18 Dec 1963
Karl Dorrell American football coach born in Alameda California
18 Dec 1968
Craig muMS Grant American poet and actor (Oz) born in New York City
18 Dec 1970
DMX [Earl Simmons] American rapper (..And Then There Was X) and actor (Romeo Must Die) born in Mount Vernon New York (d. 2021) [1] [2]
18 Dec 1970
Roman Glick American rock bassist (Brother Cane Jackyl) born in Dayton Ohio
18 Dec 1610
Charles du Fresne du Cange French scholar and philologist born in Amiens France (d. 1688)
18 Dec 1620
Heinrich Roth German Sanskrit scholar born in Dillingen Germany (d. 1668)
18 Dec 1633
Adriaen Millaert [Melar] Flemish engraver baptized at Antwerp (d. 1667)
18 Dec 1633
Willem van de Velde the Younger Dutch seascape painter baptized in Leiden (d. 1707)
18 Dec 1635
Antonius Matthaeus Dutch lawyer and historian (De criminibus) (d. 1710)
18 Dec 1788
Camille Pleyel Austrian pianist piano manufacturer and composer (d. 1855)
18 Dec 1826
Alexandre Chatrian [wrote as Erckmann-Chatrian jointly with mile Erckmann] French writer (Lami Fritz) born in Abreschviller France (d. 1890)
18 Dec 1844
Lujo Brentano German economist and social refermer born in Aschaffenburg Germany (d. 1931)
18 Dec 1856
Graciano Lpez Jaena Filipino journalist (La Solidaridad) orator social reformist and national hero born in Jaro Captaincy General of the Philippines Spanish Empire (d. 1896)
18 Dec 1879
Paul Klee Swiss-German abstract painter and educator at the Bauhaus (Twittering Machine) born in Mnchenbuchsee Switzerland (d. 1940)
18 Dec 1897
Fernand Collin Belgian economist and banker born in Antwerp (d. 1990)
18 Dec 1904
George Stevens American Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter (A Place In The Sun Giant Swing Time Gunga Din) born in Oakland California (d. 1975)
18 Dec 1906
Edwin H. Buddy Morris American music publisher (Edwin H. Morris & Company) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
18 Dec 1910
Abe Burrows [Borowitz] American Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning songwriter composer and writer (Guys and Dolls) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1985)
18 Dec 1910
Eric Tindill New Zealand rugby and cricket player (international cricket umpire rugby referee) born in Nelson New Zealand (d. 2010)
18 Dec 1928
Jzef Glemp Polish cardinal born in Inowrocaw Poland (d. 2013)
18 Dec 1931
Allen Klein American rock and roll business manager - ABKCO (Sam Cooke Rolling Stones Beatles) born in Newark New Jersey (d. 2009)
18 Dec 1931
Gene Shue American NBA basketball guard 1954-64 5X All-Star (New York Knicks Fort WayneDetroit Pistons and 2 other teams) and NBA coach 1966-89 2X Coach of the Year (BaltimoreWashington Bullets Philadelphia 76ers and 2 other teams) born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 2022)
18 Dec 1933
Arthur Leigh Allen American elementary school teacher and suspected Zodiac serial killer born in Honolulu Hawaii (d. 1992)
18 Dec 1938
Roger E. Mosley American actor (actor (Magnum P.I. -TC Leadbelly) born in Los Angeles California (d. 2022)
18 Dec 1938
[Bryan] Chas Chandler English rock bassist (The Animals - House of the Rising Sun) and artist manager (Jimi Hendrix) born in Newcastle upon Tyne
18 Dec 1943
Bobby Keys American session and touring saxophonist born in Slaton Texas (d. 2014)
18 Dec 1944
(Roger) Deke Leonard Welsh rock musician (Man) born in Llanelli Wales (d. 2017)
18 Dec 1946
Alex Ligertwood Scottish session and touring singer and guitarist (Santana 1979-94 - Winning Go Ahead) born in Glasgow Scotland
18 Dec 1960
Yoon Suk-yeol South Korean prosecutor and politician (President of South Korea 2022-) born in Seoul South Korea
18 Dec 1961
Ken Foreman British musician (Thrashing Doves - Reprobates Hymn)
18 Dec 1966
Tracy Byrd American country singer (Holdin Heaven) born in Vidor Texas
18 Dec 1970
Jonathan Yeo English artist and contemporary portraitist famous for his explicit unauthorized portrait of George W. Bush born in London
18 Dec 1569
Jakob Hassler German composer born in Free Imperial City of Nuremberg Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1622)
18 Dec 1788
Camille Pleyel Austrian pianist piano manufacturer and music publisher born in Strasbourg France (d. 1855)
18 Dec 1844
Lujo Brentano German economist and social refermer born in Aschaffenburg Germany (d. 1931)
18 Dec 1870
Saki [Hector Hugo Munro] British writer (Reginald When William Came) born in Akyab British Burma (d. 1916)
18 Dec 1877
Max Pallenberg [Pollack] Austrian extempore farce actor (Morn to Midnight) husband of operetta star Fritzi Massary born in Vienna Austria (d. 1934)
18 Dec 1907
Bill Holland American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1949 runner-up 1947 48 50) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1984)
18 Dec 1910
Eric Tindill New Zealand rugby union halfback (1 cap Wellington RFU) cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests 7 dismissals) and international umpire (1 Test) born in Nelson New Zealand (d. 2010)
18 Dec 1919
Barry Galbraith American jazz and studio guitarist (Claude Thornhill Coleman Hawkins Gil Evans) and educator born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 1983)
18 Dec 1930
Bill Moose Skowron American baseball first baseman (8 MLB All-Star World Series 1956 58 61 62 NY Yankees 1963 LA Dodgers) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2012)
18 Dec 1931
Norm Provan Australian rugby league second rower (14 Tests St. George RLFC NSWRL Premiers 1956-66 13th RL Immortal) and coach (St. George Parramatta Cronulla) born in Urana Australia (d. 2021)
18 Dec 1939
Wiesje Backer Dutch ballet dancer actress. and playwright born in Ammerzoden Netherlands (d. 2018)
18 Dec 1940
Ilario Castagner Italian soccer manager (Perugia Lazio AC Milan Internazionale Ascoli) and striker (Perugia AC Prato) born in Vittorio Veneto Italy (d. 2023)
18 Dec 1943
Bobby Keys American session and touring rock saxophonist (Rolling Stones Harry Nilsson John Lennon) born in Slaton Texas (d. 2014)
18 Dec 1947
Judy Heumann American disability rights activist and author born in Brooklyn New York City (d. 2023)
18 Dec 1953
David Chipperfield English architect (Pritzker Prize - 2003) born in London England [1]
18 Dec 1956
T. K. Carter American actor (Punky Brewster - Mike Just Our Luck - Shabu) born in Los Angeles California
18 Dec 1957
John Webster Canadian session and touring rock keyboardist (Red Rider - Big League) and film score composer born in Canada
18 Dec 1958
Julia Wolfe American composer (Anthracite Fields Pulitzer Prize for Music 2015) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
18 Dec 1961
Ken Foreman English rock singer and guitarist (Thrashing Doves - Reprobates Hymn) and record producer born in London England
18 Dec 1963
Pauline Ester [Sabrina Ocon] French pop singer (Le mond est fou) born in Toulouse France
18 Dec 1964
Robson Green British actor (Soldier Soldier) and singer-songwriter (Robson & Jerome) born in Hexham England
18 Dec 1965
Mick Collins American punk rocker (The Gories The Dirtbombs) born in Detroit Michigan
18 Dec 1965
Tommy Davidson American actor (In Living Color) born in Greenville Mississippi
18 Dec 1965
Willie Blair American pitcher (San Diego Padres) born in Paintsville Kentucky
18 Dec 1966
(Miland) Mille Petrozza German heavy metal guitarist and singer (Kreator) born in Essen Germany
18 Dec 1966
Steve Dullaghan British bass guitarist (The Primitives - Crash) born in Leamington England (d. 2009)
18 Dec 1507
uchi Yoshitaka Japanese warlord born in Yamaguchi Japan (d. 1551)
18 Dec 1562
Philipp Dulichius German composer born in Chemnitz Electorate of Saxony Holy Roman Empire (d. 1631)
18 Dec 1569
Jakob Hassler German composer born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg Holy Roman Empire (d. 1622)
18 Dec 1602
Simonds dEwes English antiquarian and politician who wrote an account of the Long Parliament born in Coaxdon Hall Dorset (d. 1650)
18 Dec 1635
Antonius Matthaeus Dutch lawyer and historian (De criminibus) born in Utrecht Netherlands (d. 1710)
18 Dec 1661
Christopher Polhem Swedish scientist who invented early industrial machinery for mining born in Tingstde Sweden (d. 1751)
18 Dec 1662
James Douglas 2nd Duke of Queensberry Scottish statesman who as Lord High Commissioner negotiated 1707 Treaty of Union born in Scotland (d. 1711)
18 Dec 1667
Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt Austrian composer and lutenist born in Vienna. Austria (d. 1716)
18 Dec 1725
Johann Salomo Semler German historian and Bible commentator born in Saalfeld duchy of Saxe-Saalfeld (d. 1791)
18 Dec 1812
Wiktor Kazynski Polish composer born in Vilnius Russian Empire (d. 1867)
18 Dec 1816
Alfred Elzey Jones American soldier Major General in the Confederate Army born in Somerset County Maryland (d. 1871)
18 Dec 1826
Mercer Brooke John American naval official pioneered deep sea soundings commander in the Confederate Navy born in Fort Brooke Florida (d. 1906)
18 Dec 1848
Karl Schrder II German composer born in Quedlinburg Prussian Saxony (d. 1935)
18 Dec 1873
Francis Burton Harrison American-Filipino statesman Governor General of the Philippines (1913-21) born in New York City (d. 1957)
18 Dec 1890
Edwin Howard Armstrong American radio pioneer inventor (FM) born in New York City (d. 1954)
18 Dec 1898
Jacob Kruijt Dutch sociologist born in Zaandijk Netherlands (d. 1975)
18 Dec 1904
Wilf Carter Canadian country and western singer-songwriter yodeler and guitarist also known as Montana Slim born in Port Hilford Nova Scotia (d. 1996)
18 Dec 1905
Richard Sturzenegger Swiss composer and cellist born in Zurich Switzerland (d. 1976)
18 Dec 1913
Ray Meyer American College-Basketball HOF coach (DePaul University 1942-84 UPI & AP Coach of the Year 1980 84) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2006)
18 Dec 1931
Alison Plowden English historian known for her Tudor histories born in Quetta India (d. 2007)
18 Dec 1936
Malcolm Kirk English professional wrestler known as King Kong Kirk born in Streethouse Yorkshire (d. 1987)
18 Dec 1938
[Bryan] Chas Chandler English rock bassist (The Animals - House of the Rising Sun) and manager of Jimi Hendrix born in Newcastle upon Tyne England (d. 1996)
18 Dec 1945
Carolyn Wood American swimmer (Olympic gold 4 x 100m freestyle relay 1960) born in Portland Oregon
18 Dec 1946
Greg Landry American football quarterback (First-team All-Pro & Pro Bowl 1971 NFL Comeback Player of the Year 1976 Detroit Lions) born in Nashua New Hampshire (d. 2024)
18 Dec 1947
Judy Heumann American disability rights activist and author born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2023)
18 Dec 1949
Blaze Foley [Michael Fuller] American outlaw country singer-songwriter (Wanted More Dead Than Alive) born in Malvern Arkansas (d. 1989)
18 Dec 1950
Leonard Maltin American movie critic (Entertainment Tonight) born in New York City
18 Dec 1951
Radia Perlman Mother of the Internet American computer programmer invented Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) born in Portsmouth Virginia
18 Dec 1953
Khas-Magomed Hadjimuradov Chechen bard born in Zhambyl Province of Kazakhstan USSR
18 Dec 1961
Brian Orser Canadian figure skater (World Cship gold singles 1987 Olympic silver 1984 88) born in Belleville Ontario
18 Dec 1961
Thomas Strittmatter German writer (Raabe Baikal) (d. 1995)
18 Dec 1963
Allan Kayser American actor known for Mamas Family born in Littleton Colorado
18 Dec 1966
Makiko Esumi Japanese actress known for Shomuni born in Izumo Japan
18 Dec 1967
Bob Corkum Canadian NHL center (Philadelphia Flyers) born in Salisbury Ontario
18 Dec 1969
Santiago Caizares Spanish soccer goalkeeper (46 caps Valencia 305 games) born in Madrid Spain
18 Dec 1970
Miles Marshall Lewis American pop culture critic (Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Dont Have Bruises) born in The Bronx New York
18 Dec 1970
Rob Van Dam [Robert Szatkowski] American professional wrestler born in Battle Creek Michigan
18 Dec 1760
Knud Lyne Rahbek Danish literary historian writer and critic (Om sku skuespillerkunsten) born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1830)
18 Dec 1852
Gaetano Coronaro Italian conductor pedagogue and composer (La Creola) born in Vicenza Austrian Empire (d. 1908)
18 Dec 1873
Adolf Vogl German composer born in Munich Germany (d. 1961)
18 Dec 1910
Abe Burrows [Borowitz] American Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning songwriter composer and writer (Guys and Dolls) born in Brooklyn New York City (d. 1985)
18 Dec 1911
Jules Dassin American film director (The Naked City Night And The City Rififi) who was blacklisted during McCarthy era and moved to France born in Middletown Connecticut (d. 2008)
18 Dec 1913
Sabur Takata Japanese composer (The New Earth and Man Marionette Aoki-okami) born in Nagoya Japan (d. 2000)
18 Dec 1914
(Connie) Pee Wee Crayton American R&B and blues guitarist and singer (Do Unto Others) born in Rockdale Texas (d. 1985)
18 Dec 1920
Rita Streich Russian-German soprano born in Barnaul Siberia (d. 1987)
18 Dec 1931
Allen Klein American rock and roll business manager - ABKCO (Sam Cooke Rolling Stones Beatles) born in Newark New Jersey (d. 2009)
18 Dec 1934
John Douglas Scottish rugby union No. 8 (12 Tests Blackheath FC Stewarts Melville RFC Barbarians RFC) born in London England (d. 2025)
18 Dec 1936
Harry Bild Swedish soccer striker (28 caps IFK Norrkping Feyenoord sters IF) born in Vxj Sweden (d. 2025)
18 Dec 1941
Sam Andrew American guitarist singer-songwriter (Big Brother and the Holding Company Kozmic Blues Band) and classical composer born in Taft California (d. 2015)
18 Dec 1950
Martha Johnson Canadian new wave rock singer and keyboard player (Martha and the Muffins aka MM - Echo Beach) born in Toronto Ontario
18 Dec 1953
David Chipperfield English architect (Pritzker Prize 2003) born in London England [1]
18 Dec 1953
Elliot Easton [Steinberg] American rock lead guitarist (The Cars - My Best Friends Girl) born in Brooklyn New York City
18 Dec 1956
Ron White American comedian (A Little Unprofessional You Cant Fix Stupid) born in Fritch Texas
18 Dec 1961
Angie Stone [Angela Brown] American R&B singer-songwriter (No More Rain (In This Cloud) Wish I Didnt Miss You) born in Columbia South Carolina (d. 2025)
18 Dec 1961
Thomas Strittmatter German writer (Raabe Baikal) born in St. Georgen im Schwarzwald Germany (d. 1995)
18 Dec 1963
Allan Kayser American actor (Mamas Family Night of the Creeps) born in Littleton Colorado
18 Dec 1963
Lori McNeil American tennis player (French Open mixed doubles 1988) born in San Diego California
18 Dec 1966
Makiko Esumi Japanese actress (Shomuni Maborosi) born in Izumo Japan
18 Dec 1970
Bridie Carter Australian actress (McLeods Daughters 800 Words) born in Melbourne Australia
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